Beer of the Week: Bell’s Hopslam

WASHINGTON – It slaps your tastebuds silly, and (with a potent 10 percent alcohol by volume) can knock you on your keister.

Each year, beerheads — none that we know personally, of course — race out to buy as much Bell’s Hopslam as they can, hoarding it in closets and garages and trunks of cars. (Again, someone told us this. We wouldn’t do such a thing ourselves.)

After your first sip, you’ll most likely start to understand … and here now is Brennan Haselton, talking with Food and Wine Sommelier of the Year Greg Engert, for another WTOP “Beer of the Week”.